Janus: Photographs of India

RCS/Y3022C-E/Y3022D contains:
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28	Marble screen, Sheik Selim Chisit's tomb
29	View of the ruins
30	General view, Benares
31	The great mosque of Aurunzebe and adjoining ghats
32	'Vishnu Pud' and other temples near the Burning Ghat
33	'Gyan Bapee' or Well of Knowledge
34	Railway bridge across the Jumna, Allahabad
35	The Memorial Well, Cawnpore
36	The Memorial Well, statue by Marochetti
37	The mausoleum of Akbar, the upper marble sarcophagus, Secundra
38	The principle gate of the Fort, Bhurtpore
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Photographs of India

Title	'Gyan Bapee' or Well of Knowledge
Reference	Y3022D/33
Creator	Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer
Covering Dates	1860–1869 (Probably taken during the mid 1860s.)

Content and context

235 x 290 mm. View showing the carved pillars of the interior of the Gyan Bapee (or Jnanavapi), the well of knowledge. This sacred well is set in an arcade (built in 1828) behind the Vishveshvara Temple. Bourne no. 1173. Duplicate at Y3022B/134.

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Asia

India

Varanasi

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